Public Ledger says of the killing of Joseph and Hyrum Smith is a "grosser act of treachery was never committed."

Date: Jul 19, 1844
Type: News (traditional)
Source: Public Ledger
LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Journalism
Reference: Public Ledger 17, no. 99 (July 19, 1844): 4
Scribe/Publisher: Public Ledger
People: Hyrum Smith, Public Ledger, Joseph Smith, Jr., Thomas Ford
Audience: Reading Public
Transcription: A grosser act of treachery than the murder of the Smiths was never committed, and involving, as it did, the Governor in its guilt, could he have been expected to speak otherwise than he did on the subject?
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Citations in Mormonr Qnas: Joseph Smith's Jupiter Talisman
Joseph & Hyrum Smith's Martyrdom
Black Saints and the Priesthood (Joseph Smith era)